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OPELOUSAS, La. (AP) — Three years after an arsonist torched three small Black churches in rural Louisiana, rebuilding is well under way. The Daily World reports that Mount Pleasant Baptist Church in Opelousas is months from reopening. And there's visible progress at St. Mary Baptist Church i…
BOSTON (AP) — For many U.S. Christians, this weekend marks the first time since 2019 that they will gather in person on Easter Sunday, a welcome chance to celebrate one of the year's holiest days side by side with fellow congregants.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Christian worshipers gathered in Jerusalem's Church of the Holy Sepluchre, the traditional site of Jesus's crucifixion, burial and resurrection, on Sunday to observe the Easter holiday.
VASYLKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The final hours before Passover found the chief rabbi for Kyiv and Ukraine in a cemetery. Before he could mark the Jewish people's escape from slavery in Egypt thousands of years ago, he was burying a man who didn't escape a Russian bullet.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinians clashed with Israeli police at the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Friday as thousands gathered for prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. Medics said more than 150 Palestinians were wounded in the most serious violence at the site in nearly a year.
Easter's message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S. congregations rebounding from disasters. A tornado destroyed one church in Kentucky. A blaze gutted another in New York City. Hurricane Ida shattered a church when the storm hit the Louisiana coast, and the most …
HOSHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Beneath the ancient beech forests of the Carpathian Mountains, a quiet monastery in the western Ukrainian village of Hoshiv has transformed itself into a giant playground for a dozen children who've been displaced by the war with their families.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's interior ministry says a knife-wielding man has mortally wounded a Coptic priest during an attack at the popular seaside promenade in Alexandria. The ministry says the priest died Thursday night while being treated for his wounds, It says the suspected attacker has been …
The top-ranking Ukrainian Catholic cleric in the United States warned Thursday that religious minorities in the Eastern European country stand to be "crushed" if Moscow gains control, as fighting raged on more than a month after the Russian invasion began.
Amidst 'a collective shout of joy,' Jehovah's Witnesses will return to in-person meetings on April 1
Oklahoma City -- All congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses across the world are being encouraged to begin holding in-person meetings during the week of April 1, The Oklahoma City Sentinel has learned. For most of the last two years, buildings for worship have remained closed globally due to t…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Since the shelling began to intensify in Kyiv and Kharkiv about a week ago, Julia Entin has been working feverishly — thousands of miles away in Los Angeles — to evacuate Holocaust survivors in Ukraine who find themselves trapped in yet another conflict.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — On her first Shabbat away from the fighting in Ukraine, Rabbi Julia Gris twice led services to welcome the Jewish holy day.
Over the past five years, hundreds of Jehovah's Witnesses have been subjected to raids, arrests and prosecution in Russia. Many others have fled – including one couple, Dmitrii and Nellia Antsybor, who flew to Mexico last year, walked across the U.S. border to seek asylum, and now hope to bu…
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Christians around the world on Thursday marked Epiphany, known as Three Kings Day for Catholics and the Baptism of Christ for the Orthodox, with a series of celebrations.
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis celebrated Christmas Eve Mass before an estimated 2,000 people in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, going ahead with the service despite the resurgence in COVID-19 cases that has prompted a new vaccine mandate for Vatican employees.
When Westminster United Methodist Church in Houston resumed in-person services late last year, after a seven-month halt due to COVID-19, there were Sundays when only three worshippers showed up, according to the pastor, Meredith Mills.
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis doubled down Saturday on his efforts to quash the old Latin Mass, forbidding the celebration of some sacraments according to the ancient rite in his latest salvo against conservatives and traditionalists.
Oklahoma City -- In 2018, sketches of a local miracle were varied, and some information about the event seemed contradictory. Some reportorial snooping got a clearer picture, but did not lessen this investigator’s sense of awe, mystery and majesty. A local minister, born in a foreign land bu…
Oklahoma City is one of the thousands of communities around the globe receiving a message of recent weeks, adapted from a press release declaring “a powerful message of hope."
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The City Sentinel, Staff Report Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School (Cristo Rey OKC) is calling on individuals in the Oklahoma City community to…
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel The early October death of Dr. Muhammad Faisal Khan, a rheumatology specialist, shocked friends and family of the respected…
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By Stacy Martin, Managing Editor, The City Sentinel On the surface, Jackson Lahmeyer and Sen. James Lankford have something in common. Both are pastors. But…
By WILSON RING, Associated Press (The City Sentinel) Despite having the highest vaccination rates in the country, there are constant reminders for most New England…
BEN FINLEY Associated Press (The City Sentinel) NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, who turned a tiny Virginia television station into a global religious broadcasting…
Patrick B. McGuigan, The City Sentinel Oklahoma City – A founding board member at Oklahoma City’s Cristo Rey Catholic High School has stepped up to become chairman of…
John Morgan, For The City Sentinel Oklahoma City — A Certified Nurses Assistant (CNA) working for a local hospital is facing sexual battery charges after…
Stacy Martin and Patrick B. McGuiganThe City Sentinel Oklahoma City – U.S. Senator James Lankford of Oklahoma has built an impressive campaign “war chest” for…
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Senior Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY – For this year’s annual Martha Jean Lemon Distinguished Speaker Series, Oklahoma City University will host Reza Aslan,…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University music professor Sergio Monteiro will perform the complete cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 32…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report OKLAHOMA CITY– Guest pianist Tanya Bannister joins the Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble in their season-opening concert “Songs without Words,” Tuesday, September…
AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press (The City Sentinel) SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Indian authorities cracked down on public movement and imposed a near-total communications blackout in…
By Brian Melley and Amy Beth HansonAssociated Press (The City Sentinel) A woman who cradled a baby in her arms at the airport and posted…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report OKLAHOMA CITY — This week state leaders issued an official call for execution dates for seven individuals currently on death…
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter — OKLAHOMA CITY – The 2021 John F. Kennedy Community Service Awards gala will honor Gene Rainbolt, Polly Nichols and…
By Stacy Martin, Managing Editor Usually it’s the journalists who ask the questions. But this week, it was Sen. James Lankford who played reporter at…
Patrick B. McGuigan Oklahoma City – Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is coming to Oklahoma to headline a pair campaign events for U.S.…
Laurie Kellman and Zeina Karam, Associated Press (The City Sentinel) BEIRUT (AP) — The militant Hezbollah group fired a barrage of rockets at Israel on…
Mike Catalini, Associated Press (The City Sentinel) The U.S. on Monday (August 2) finally reached President Joe Biden’s goal of getting at least one COVID-19…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report Guest pianists Heather Conner and Jill Jantzen join Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble in four concerts August 3, 5, 7, and 10…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report Cristo Rey Oklahoma City Catholic High School (Cristo Rey OKC) will commemorate the success of its students while enjoying An…
Patrick B. McGuigan In a wide-ranging discourse on conflict, youthful trauma, historic events and contemporary challenges, Dr. Nyla Khan engaged a diverse set of Oklahomans…
Ray Carter, OCPAThink The first session of Advancing Oklahoma, a “statewide conversation on race” involving five civic organizations, launched this month with a presentation by…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report Breaking a century-old tradition in the name of health and safety, what a press release calls “the largest convention organization…
By Patrick B. McGuigan, Editor Advocates for robust programs of school choice were happy with enactment of Senate Bill 1080, deemed the Oklahoma Equal Opportunity…
The City Sentinel, Staff Report OKLAHOMA CITY – The board of directors for the Catholic Foundation of Oklahoma announced last month it has hired Owen Canfield to…
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter — OKLAHOMA CITY – As part of their graduation celebrations this year, Oklahoma City University will dedicate one of his…
Patrick B. McGugian Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has signed into a new law to pilot a “victim-led restorative justice pilot program” for Oklahoma, according to…
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